Objective
Legal
terminology is the focus of this course, which explores a wide range of
topics: contract, torts, employment law and human rights. Participants
work collaboratively on language tasks, enabling them to pool resources
and making the learning process more rewarding and enjoyable.
This ‘combined skills’ course aims to allow participants to practise and
improve their speaking and writing skills. The modern trend in English
legal writing is to avoid the wordy, old-fashioned style with its
unnecessary complexity and archaic language. Participants are encouraged
to discover for themselves how to write in a way that is clear,
accurate and easy to understand using the 'plain English' style that has
become the professional standard.
Course Objectives
The principal objectives are:
- to expand participants' knowledge of
legal English terminology;
- to encourage participants to speak and
write in a clear, effective style; and
- to enable participants to learn more
about the way English is used – and misused – in the institutions of the
EU.
This course also aims to develop participants’
speaking skills in English by allowing them to explore and practise the
language used, among other things, to express opinions, give advice and
negotiate a deal. The emphasis is on communicating ideas in a clear,
effective, modern style.
Participants will also be encouraged to explore
the difference between the English which is used in the EU institutions
and the language used by native speakers.
Who should
attend?
This course is designed for speakers of English at an
intermediate level or above who have a particular interest in the
language of the law.